Synonyms of abandoned

abandoned 1 of 2

adjective

ə-ˈban-dənd 

1

as in deserted

left unoccupied or unused

she consciously avoided walking past the abandoned house, with its broken windows and sagging porch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deserted
• disused
• derelict
• vacant
• vacated
• rejected
• desolate
• forsaken
• forgotten
• discarded
• void
• empty
• neglected
• ignored
• unattended
• junked
• untended
• waste
• jettisoned
• refuse
• shabby
• idle
• cast-off
• miserable
• godforsaken
• castaway
• wretched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovered
• saved
• reclaimed
• redeemed
• salvaged
• restored
• retrieved
• rescued
• reconditioned
• rehabilitated
• rehabbed
• repeopled

2

as in rampant

showing no signs of being under control

wild, abandoned dancing that shocked the staid chaperones at the debutante ball

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rampant
• runaway
• uncontrolled
• unbridled
• unchecked
• unbounded
• unhindered
• unrestrained
• raw
• unhampered
• intemperate
• uncontrollable
• ungovernable
• uninhibited
• barbaric
• wild
• riotous
• hog wild

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• controlled
• checked
• hampered
• hindered
• restrained
• governed
• constrained
• temperate
• curbed
• moderate
• bridled
• tempered

abandoned

2 of 2

verb

past tense of abandon

1

as in indulged

to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly

more than ready to abandon himself to a life of complete idleness for the duration of his vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• indulged
• surrendered
• yielded
• delivered
• gave up
• reveled
• basked
• overindulged
• rolled
• overdid
• wallowed
• luxuriated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denied
• eschewed
• abstained (from)
• refrained (from)
• checked
• restrained
• inhibited
• forwent
• forbore

2

as in left

to cause to remain behind

abandoned the group that he had been hiking with and struck out on his own

Synonyms & Similar Words

• left
• stranded
• deserted
• dumped
• discarded
• marooned
• forsook
• quit
• relinquished
• scrapped
• flung
• escaped
• shed
• walked away from
• ignored
• rejected
• vacated
• ditched
• walked out on
• jettisoned
• renounced
• junked
• withdrew (from)
• sacrificed
• surrendered
• neglected
• repudiated
• separated (from)
• cut off
• retreated (from)
• disregarded
• disowned
• handed over
• threw away
• delivered
• yielded
• forgot
• gave up
• threw out
• shucked (off)
• abjured
• took off (from)
• distanced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• owned
• had
• retained
• possessed
• held
• reserved
• reclaimed
• kept
• withheld
• saved
• rescued
• harbored
• redeemed

3

as in canceled

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)

the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canceled
• scrapped
• aborted
• revoked
• repealed
• recalled
• scrubbed
• rescinded
• withdrew
• dropped
• terminated
• suspended
• called
• halted
• called off
• reversed
• ended
• invalidated
• cried off
• interrupted
• retracted
• abrogated
• nullified
• stopped
• discontinued
• annulled
• voided
• relinquished
• recanted
• took back
• rolled back
• broke off
• surrendered
• wrote off
• held back
• countermanded
• gave up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continued
• kept
• engaged
• began
• promised
• started
• commenced
• initiated
• pledged
• undertook
• took up
• took on

4

as in discontinued

to stop doing (something) permanently

marriage customs that were abandoned decades ago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discontinued
• dropped
• quit
• ended
• finished
• had done (with)
• ceased
• concluded
• packed (up or in)
• laid off (of)
• closed
• halted
• gave up
• expired
• knocked off
• hung it up
• paused
• shut off
• broke off
• left off
• terminated
• broke up
• threw up
• tapered off
• wrapped up
• wound up
• rounded (off or out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• maintained
• continued
• kept
• carried on
• went
• persisted
• kept up
• held on
• renewed
• hung on
• resumed
• preserved
• reopened
• stayed
• started
• began
• ran on
• persevered
• hung in
• commenced
• restarted
• followed through (with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of abandoned

Adjective

Antonia Noori Farzan The Providence Police Department is urging drivers to stay off the road, saying that stuck and abandoned cars are causing problems and preventing the city from getting back to normal. — Eryn Dion, The Providence Journal, 24 Feb. 2026

Rogers is shopworker Polly Parrish, who gets mistakenly identified as the parent of an abandoned baby. — Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025

Verb

An unusual search is underway in Charlotte for the guardians of a 15-year-old who says he was abandoned at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026

Ultimately, the constantly shifting Greenland ice sheet proved too unstable for such an enormous underground missile network, and the project was abandoned. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026